Mensinger v. Standard Accident Ins. Co.

1. The purpose of the Declaratory Judgment Act of 1945 (Ga. L. 1945, p. 137), as declared in section 13 thereof is to settle and afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations, and is to be liberally construed and administered. Clein v. Kaplan, 201 Ga. 396 (40 S.E.2d 133).

2. The allegations of the petition showed an actual controversy between the petitioner, the insurance company, and the defendants, and presented a case for a declaratory judgment as to the rights of the parties, and, accordingly, the court did not err in overruling the…